Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies and Volunteer Fire Departments of New York and Brooklyn: Together with a Complete History of the Paid Departments of Both Cities (Google eBook)

J. Frank Kernan

M. Crane, 1885 - New York (N.Y.) - 897 pages

Contents

• Fireengine 173032: 5
• Noted characters and resorts Barnums fire Sam Welchs terra: 8
• HoneyBee 5: 12
• Rooster 29: 23
• Old Postoffice: 33
• Walton House Pearl Street: 41
• The famed Con DonohoPoliticians of note Politics in Dooleys: 47
• Old Postoffice belltower: 48
• Old relics: 66
• A piano engine: 77
• Old 39 at work: 87
• Fire Department banner as presented: 95
• Stephen H Branch and Chief Carson A fire laddie falls in love: 99
• Gambling in the Old Department Gambling dens of the city: 113
• An oldtime race: 122
• Leaving the bunk: 128
• Ellsworths ZouavesGallant fire service John Baulch A Mex: 145
• The origin of the Widows and Orphans Fund Fire laddies: 165
• Steam fireengines used in oldDepartment: 173
• The negro plot to burn the city Great conflagrations List: 183
• Barnums Museum: 191
• The Happy Family at Barnums: 201
• Old brick Presbyterian Church: 219
• The Elm Street fire: 226
• Fire in Spruce Street: 240
• Burning of St Georges Church: 248
• Firemens Hall Mercer Street: 261
• Undine No 52: 274
• Protector No 22: 280
• Tradesman No 37: 283
• A unique memento: 310
• Great fire of 1835: 317
• Tiger carried by Big Six: 323
• The New Department The old and the new regime Great: 324
• Taking the alarm: 331
• Hitching up: 337
• Preparing to leave: 343
• Lafayette Engine No 7: 394
• Fire at Chittendens 49: 452
• The old chiefs of the Department Noted members of the: 607
• Primitive fireengine: 612
• Hose Company No 6: 625
• City Hall Brooklyn: 637
• Burning Catholic Orphan Asylum: 670
• Lady Washington No 40 283: 671
• Chief engineers of Williamsburgh Competition between compa: 688
• An old firedog: 698
• Brooklyns biggest fire Fires and loss of life List of theaters: 699
• Trumpet presented to James Leggett: 705
• Mechanics Hose No 2: 714
• A paid Fire DepartmentThe first commissionersDilapidated: 735
• Working the Engine: 806

Bibliographic information

• Title: Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies and Volunteer Fire Departments of New York and Brooklyn: Together with a Complete History of the Paid Departments of Both Cities
• Author: J. Frank Kernan
• Publisher: M. Crane, 1885
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Jul 6, 2007
• Length: 897 pages